Passed over the Severn Bridge today at around midday.

One for the planes experts to ID.

My old man said it looked like at of Meteor .

[url=https://flic.kr/p/npFFQY]Plane ID[/url] by SGMTB, on Flickr

Looks like an L29 Delphin?

It’s an Aero Vodochody L-29, and was en-route from an airfield near Bedford to one in South Wales.

up rising in Bristol? annexation before the weekend? cheaper gas for the south west?

I was really hoping that a Bear carrying nukes had smashed into South Glos.

I can dream.

Someone in Avonmouth sang ‘Crimea River’ and the Russians got confused.

igmc.

Thanks guys.

Here is the pilot…

http://www.warbirddepot.com/aircraft_jets_l29-mattes.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-29_Delf%C3%ADn

So that’s what a ‘warbird’ looks like! I shall have to take a greater interest… 😉

Was it heading towards Highgrove?

😉

whoawhoawhoawhoa…damn, I just coughed my dinner up!!